Saudi Arabia, Morocco Sign MoC on Public Prosecution

Morocco’s Attorney General and President of the Public Ministry, el-Hassan al-Daki, with the Saudi Attorney General, Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah al-Mujib (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Morocco’s Attorney General and President of the Public Ministry, el-Hassan al-Daki, with the Saudi Attorney General, Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah al-Mujib (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Saudi Arabia, Morocco Sign MoC on Public Prosecution

Morocco’s Attorney General and President of the Public Ministry, el-Hassan al-Daki, with the Saudi Attorney General, Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah al-Mujib (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Morocco’s Attorney General and President of the Public Ministry, el-Hassan al-Daki, with the Saudi Attorney General, Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah al-Mujib (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Morocco’s Attorney General and President of the Public Ministry, el-Hassan al-Daki, has met with the Saudi Attorney General, Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah al-Mujib, and his accompanying delegation and signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) between their respective Public Prosecutions.

The agreement aimed to promote investigations of money laundering and transnational organized crimes and visits in addition to holding several conferences and seminars.

It also included cooperation in scientific publishing, research, and studies, exchanging expertise, training, and information technology.

Daki received Mujib at the Public Prosecution Office in Rabat and discussed with him common concerns. The talks aimed at supporting ways of cooperation between the two countries, in both the judicial and technical aspects, in combating organized crime and all new forms of crime, especially money laundering.

The meeting was an opportunity to highlight the development of the judicial system in Morocco and the outstanding Moroccan experience in the independence of the judiciary and Public Prosecution.

The Saudi Ambassador to Rabat, Abdullah bin Saad al-Ghurairy, the Saudi delegation, and judicial officials headed by the Public Prosecution Office in Morocco attended the signing ceremony.

The Saudi Attorney General is visiting Morocco until Feb. 16.



Saudi FM: Cautiously Optimistic about Syria, I Will Visit Lebanon Soon

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah looks on during the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2025. (Reuters)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah looks on during the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2025. (Reuters)
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Saudi FM: Cautiously Optimistic about Syria, I Will Visit Lebanon Soon

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah looks on during the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2025. (Reuters)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah looks on during the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2025. (Reuters)

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah said on Tuesday he was “cautiously optimistic” about the situation in Syria, while revealing that he plans to visit Lebanon in the coming days.

Speaking at a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he said there was a “great opportunity” to take Syria in a “positive direction.”

The new Syrian administration is “saying the right things in the open and in secret,” he remarked, noting that it was also open to working with the international community to move in the “right direction.”

He stressed the need to exert more efforts to lift sanctions on Syria, urging the international community to help it during its transitional period in rebuilding the state and aiding the Syrian people.

On Lebanon, Prince Faisal said he will visit the country this week. He stressed that the election of a president after a long period of vacuum was a “very positive development.”

Saudi Arabia needed to see real reforms in order to raise its engagement in the country, he stated. “Discussions there are so far a cause for optimism.”

On efforts to avert any war in the region, Prince Faisal remarked that Iran needs to be positive about the ceasefire in Gaza and it must support it.

“I don't see the incoming US administration as contributory to the risk of war, on the contrary, President Donald Trump has been quite clear he does not favor conflict,” he noted.